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NOTICE: It's imperative that you read this article, because obama the terrible is pushing to destroywebsites such as weaponeer.net, or anything found on the internet that contains any firearm related information. With Penalties for EACH violation being extremely severe and would include up to 20 years in prison and a fine of up to $1 million per violation. (think about that.... under this abomination that's intended to destroy our First Amendment as well as our Second Amendment rights, an American who would post about firearms online would be subject to 20 years Prison and one million dollar fine FOR EACH POST YOU MAKE.)

It's happening again— President Obama is using
his imperial pen and telephone to curb your rights and bypass Congress
through executive action.

Even as news reports have been highlighting the gun
control provisions of the Administration's "Unified Agenda" of
regulatory objectives (see accompanying story),
the Obama State Department has been quietly moving ahead with a
proposal that could censor online speech related to firearms. This
latest regulatory assault, published in the June 3 issue of the Federal Register,
is as much an affront to the First Amendment as it is to the Second.
Your action is urgently needed to ensure that online blogs, videos, and
web forums devoted to the technical aspects of firearms and ammunition
do not become subject to prior review by State Department bureaucrats
before they can be published.

To understand the proposal and why it's so serious, some background information is necessary.

For the past several years, the Administration has been pursuing a
large-scale overhaul of the International Traffic in Arms Regulations
(ITAR), which implement the federal Arms Export Control Act (AECA). The
Act regulates the movement of so-called "defense articles" and "defense
services" in and out of the United States. These articles and services
are enumerated in a multi-part "U.S. Munitions List," which covers
everything from firearms and ammunition (and related accessories) to
strategic bombers. The transnational movement of any defense article or
service on the Munitions List presumptively requires a license from the
State Department. Producers of such articles and services, moreover,
must register with the U.S. Government and pay a hefty fee for doing so.

Also regulated under ITAR are so-called "technical data" about defense
articles. These include, among other things, "detailed design,
development, production or manufacturing information" about firearms or
ammunition. Specific examples of technical data are blueprints,
drawings, photographs, plans, instructions or documentation.

In
their current form, the ITAR do not (as a rule) regulate technical data
that are in what the regulations call the "public domain." Essentially,
this means data "which is published and which is generally accessible
or available to the public" through a variety of specified means. These
include "at libraries open to the public or from which the public can
obtain documents." Many have read this provision to include material
that is posted on publicly available websites, since most public
libraries these days make Internet access available to their patrons.

The ITAR, however, were originally promulgated in the days before the
Internet. Some State Department officials now insist that anything
published online in a generally-accessible location has essentially been
"exported," as it would be accessible to foreign nationals both in the
U.S. and overseas.

With the new proposal published on June 3,
the State Department claims to be "clarifying" the rules concerning
"technical data" posted online or otherwise "released" into the "public
domain." To the contrary, however, the proposal would institute a
massive new prior restraint on free speech. This is because all such
releases would require the "authorization" of the government before they
occurred. The cumbersome and time-consuming process of obtaining such
authorizations, moreover, would make online communication about certain
technical aspects of firearms and ammunition essentially impossible.

Penalties for violations are severe and for each violation could
include up to 20 years in prison and a fine of up to $1 million. Civil
penalties can also be assessed. Each unauthorized "export," including to
subsequent countries or foreign nationals, is also treated as a
separate violation.

Gunsmiths, manufacturers, reloaders, and
do-it-yourselfers could all find themselves muzzled under the rule and
unable to distribute or obtain the information they rely on to conduct
these activities. Prior restraints of the sort contemplated by this
regulation are among the most disfavored regulations of speech under
First Amendment case law.

But then, when did the U.S.
Constitution ever deter Barack Obama from using whatever means are at
his disposal to exert his will over the American people and suppress
firearm ownership throughout the nation?

Finally, please contact your U.S. Senators and Member of
Congress. Urge them to oppose the State Department's attempt to censor
online speech concerning the technical aspects of firearms and
ammunition. Use the "Write Your Lawmakers" feature on our website or call the Congressional Switchboard at (202) 225-3121(202) 225-3121.